So apparently today is the most depressing day of the year #bluemonday 😎
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I didn't even know about this, until my colleagues started talking about it. Come on.. it's just another Monday right? 😉😊
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Did anyone feeling the blues? .
#positivevibes#mondayblues#thinkpositive

Can you count how many books you have on your bookshelf? How many? 📚💕
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Happy Monday! I hope you had an amazing weekend and you are ready to start this new week with a positive attitude and a smile on your face! I wish you can read lots this week, I will be working away from home this week but hopefully I can get some reading time in between. I am sorry if I am not as present like normal but now you will know why but I will keep you updated as soon as I can 😁 Have a happy reading!

3/⭐️⭐️⭐️This novel was so strange and creepy, it was one hell of a ride though. The writing, the mystery behind the other race and what happens when you are called, made for one hell of a thriller book. I don’t quite know if I will be able to put this review together well enough to describe how good and creepy this book is, but what the hell I’ll give it a shot.
You have this incredibly weird Alien race that has had a treaty forced on them by human race, but the aliens don’t want the treaty anymore. They want their Ireland back, they no longer want the hell that the pay have been banished too. They call upon each human between the ages of 10 to 20. 24 hours on the alien planet is 3 minutes in Ireland, and each child is forced to try and do there best to survive and make it back in one piece. See the aliens have abilities that they can use on humans to cause pain and agony. The can also reshape humans into what ever they want too.
The writing started out a bit slow, but quickly picked up. The way the author can keep you so interested you keep reading, but are so grossed out by the things happening was impressive. There were moments I didn’t want to read any further because I had an idea of what was gonna happen, but I wanted to know so bad that I kept going on.
The MC is disabled, she has a problem with her legs that makes it extremely difficult to walk. I don’t think the book ever said what it was, but it did say it was caused by her getting polo has a baby. Now I can’t speak on the rep, I think there were issues in some spots, but overall well done.
There are a few trigger warnings for this book. One being gruesome death, there are several different ways the characters die throughout this book, some being way more horrific than other so if that is something you can not read please skip this book. My second trigger warning deals with consent. There is a scene that involves two characters, one forcing himself on the other by kissing her and trying to touch her. It is stopped by a instructor, but if it is something that triggers you, skip this book.

When your bae is late to pick you up, just go into Costa 😂😩 this is the first time I’ve been into costa by myself to sit down and drink coffee! This is what happens when you don’t want to wait outside in the cold!
What are you currently reading? I’m reading City of Brass and I’m tabbing it as I read along! It’s taking me long to finish this book but I love it so far!
Wishing you all a lovely week! ❤️

📚: That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam
☕️: Grandmother’s collection
As someone who was born into an interracial family, I appreciate any story that discusses the intricacies of blending different cultures, languages, and skin colors into what is supposed to be a single, cohesive unit. How can you be united when the outside only sees what separates you? How can you protect your child from prejudices you never had to face? How can you ensure that your child is equally connected to all of their roots? This book, about a white woman who adopts her black nanny’s baby, attempts to address these issues in the context of motherhood specifically and Alam does it with language that is descriptive without being flowery. It was powerful and comforting to see the insecurities I had growing up and the concerns I have for the future written in such plain language. The protagonist was not always likable (she could be selfish and self-absorbed), but she was put in situations that brought back memories from my own life, and she handled them in a real way; that is to say, not perfectly. For example, in one scene, she goes to pick up her black “niece” from daycare and is refused because she is not listed as a guardian. While it’s a perfectly logical and objective reason to deny anyone access to a child, the protagonist reacts emotionally—focusing on the idea that she is being denied because the administrator says she “can’t see” how the protagonist can be related to the child.
Really, the one problem I had was that the protagonist failed to overcome her initial naïveté and childlike understanding of race. Because the rest of the book felt so honest, her lack of growth left me feeling unsettled—but maybe that was Alam’s intent. The book ends with her saying that the world in 1999 has become a place where her white and black sons can both be treated equally, but we know that’s not true—in large part because she doesn’t do it herself and she isn’t honest with herself about her understanding of race. There’s a larger metaphor there for race relations generally, and it’s one that kept me thinking for hours after I turned the last page.

Sally Rooney can do no wrong. I bought this short story (once published in Granta Magazine, now part of the #faber90 series) and read it on Saturday afternoon. It’s about Nathan and Sukie, former flatmates who happen to love each other, and is a brilliantly perceptive look at intimacy, relationships and power 📚

do you ever read short stories? I’ve read a couple of collections and I really enjoy them! I especially love the ones with ambiguous or haunting endings. ———
in other news, I finished a little life and it pretty much devastated me. I don’t know what to make of it. have you read a little life? what did you think?

Happy Monday! 📚
What did you read over the weekend? -
I didn't really quite as much as I was hoping to. 😅
The weather has gotten ridiculously cold the last few days, so today is a perfect day to stay inside and read. 😅 -
There's plenty of books I'm really excited to read. 📚 Of course, deciding which book to read first is another thing. 😅
How do you decide which book to read next? 🎉

It's FREEZING outside! When I checked the weather a short while ago it said that it was currently 10°F but the real feel was -19° 😱⛇❄ It's even cold inside, haha. I wish I could be reading by this fire place right now (took this pic when I was on vacation). I'll settle for reading under my blankets though. 😏☕ I hope you're all staying warm!
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I went to a "Lunar Mania" event last night to see the #bloodwolfmoon indoors (it was about -9° when the eclipse began). It was tons of fun, and if I'm being honest, I'm still kind of worn out from it all, haha. The moon was gorgeous and I'm so happy I was able to celebrate it last night. There were all sorts of activities and special things to see and do there, and I even ended up learning some things, too. 🌑🐺😍 _________________________________________________
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~ the window after the rain ~.
It's really a good time to read some favorite books especially Classic and drink something hot, while enjoying the rain with acoustic musics 💛 . Speaking of, there are some upcoming music concerts in my country moreover just happened in these days, whose music concert do you want to watch and dream of? Well seriously i want to watch Muse concert 🙈 it's the only one concert that's really i want to watch for a long time .
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The weather is just so good in these days, feeling peaceful and gratitude in these beautiful days :) hope you always have those good days Dear Friends 💛.

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Getting caught up in the excitement for all of @lbardugo 's upcoming releases (King of Scars, The Severed Moon & the Grishaverse TV series!) so I've decided to finally pick up Crooked Kingdom today 😄

Happy Monday! Just chilling at Woodrack Cafe in between classes...so nice to have somewhere to escape to in these long days! I just finished Eragon and am now enjoying Evermore by @sarahollandwrites ❤️ it's a good reading day!
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Until next time, lovelies 😘

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